Road: Mombasa – Tsavo West Road 01: afternoon game drive
DAY 2:
Tsavo West – Tsavo East
Voi Wildlife Lodge
Road: Tsavo West – Tsavo East
Road 01: afternoon game drive
DAY 3:
Tsavo East - Mombasa
None
Road; Tsavo East – Mombasa
"Kenya, is a land blessed with warm people, the bountiful Masai Mara and wonders like the Great Rift valley. This safari destination offers fantastic game viewing, ethnically themed lodges, local cultural"
PROGRAM DETAILS:
07:30 hrs:
You will be picked up from your Beach Hotel by your Habib's Tours and Travel professional driver/guides and driven to the Tsavo West National Park.
12:00 hrs:
Arrive in Tsavo West National Park and proceed to The Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge where you will be met with a cool welcome drink, cold towels to freshen you up and checked in.
The Tsavo West National Park – 9,065 km - is easy to reach, located off the main Nairobi-Mombasa road. It offers tremendous views with diverse habitats ranging from mountains, rivers forests plains, lakes and wooded grassland. Its plains border with Tanzania. Game includes leopard, cheetah buffalo, black rhino, elephant, giraffe, lesser kudu, and waterbuck, eland, gerenuk, impala, zebra, lion, crocodile and small mammals including mongoose, hyrax, dik dik and the nocturnal porcupine.
12:30 hrs:
Buffet lunch at the Lodge in the main restaurant which overlooks the picturesque Chyulu hills to your right and the Majestic Mount Kilimanjaro - the tallest mountain in Africa - with its twin snow covered peaks, to your left. Afternoon at leisure to relax at the lodge or take a dip in the lovely swimming pool.
16:00 hrs:
Go for your afternoon game viewing drive in the Tsavo West National Park. This game drive will take you to Mzima Springs; a natural springs where Mombasa City gets all its water from. The springs are the ideal place to see Hippos and crocodile and fish of all colours. You will get to learn about indigenous trees and their traditional uses. The springs also have a lot of birdlife. Continue on with your game drive in search of Elephants, Giraffes, Zebra and lots of other animals.
08:30 hrs:
Depart and drive to the Tsavo East National Park.
12:00 hrs:
Arrive in Tsavo East National Park and proceed on to The Voi Wildlife Lodge game viewing en route.
12:30 hrs:
Lunch at the lodge then you will have time to relax.
The Voi Wildlife Lodge is located right on the edge of the Tsavo East National Park. Accommodation includes
large, spacious bedrooms with traditional furniture beds. The Lodge provides specially equipped rooms for the
handicapped and all public areas are wheelchair friendly.
The lodge is located in the heart of elephant country, where the natural water hole attracts big game including
lions, cheetahs, buffalos, waterbuck and a variety of birdlife from miles around.
A large variety of global cuisine sustained by two separate kitchens, one entirely dedicated to vegetarian food
allows the lodge to cater for all tastes.
16:00 hrs: The Tsavo East National Park – 11,747 SQ KM - is one of Kenya’s Oldest and largest National Parks: covering
approximately 40 per cent of the total area of all Kenya’s National Parks.
Its beautiful landscape and proximity to the coast make it a popular safari destination. It is accredited as one of
the worlds leading biodiversity strongholds, bushy grassland and open plains alternate with semi-arid acacia scrub
and woodlands. Green swathes cross the park where the riverbanks give raise to lush vegetation. North of Galana
is a true wilderness. A number of leading tour guides offer private safaris across this area, camel safaris are a
feature. Tsavo-East is recommended for photographers, with its fabulous light and unbelievable views, in
particular The Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau, the world’s largest lava flow. Two permanent rivers water
the park, the Tsavo River that flows through Tsavo West and the Athi River, which flows from Tsavo East. The
two unite to form the Galana River just before Lugard Falls, which is known for the remarkably shaped water-
worn rocks. Game includes: elephants rhino, lion, leopard, crocodile, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk, zebra, and
Hunters Hartebeest can be seen with its lyre-shaped horns. Home to some of the largest herds in Kenya, the
elephants glow red after dust baths, blowing the vivid red dust through their trunks over their bodies.
Some 500-bird species have been recorded in the area, including ostrich and some migratory kestrels, while
buzzards stop at Tsavo-East during their long flight south.
18:30 hrs:
After your exciting game drive return to the Voi Wildlife Lodge.
19;30 hrs:
Dinner at the Lodge.
Overnight: Voi Wildlife lodge
Meals: FB –Breakfast, Lunch & dinner.
08:30 hrs:
Depart after a buffet breakfast and drive back to your beach hotel.
13:00 hrs:
Estimated time of arrival in Mombasa and check in back at your Beach Hotel.
PRICING GUIDE: Net Costs in USD
Valid From 01 Jul 09 – 31 Oct 09
Pax Sharing in Safari minivan
1 person
2 persons
3 persons
4 persons
5 persons
6 persons
7 persons
Per Person Sharing
1730.00
1055.00
865.00
770.00
710.00
672.00
645.00
Single Room Supplement
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Valid From 01 Nov 09 – 15 Dec 09
Pax Sharing in Safari minivan
1 person
2 persons
3 persons
4 persons
5 persons
6 persons
7 persons
Per Person Sharing
1640.00
1000.00
806.00
710.00
655.00
615.00
590.00
Single Room Supplement
70.00
70.00
670.00
62.00
70.00
70.00
Above main tour costs include:
• Pick up and drop off at Mombasa. • Full board on safari. • All transport in designed safari Minivan (Non A/C – private usage) with a pop up roof for maximum game viewing comfort with a professional English speaking driver/guide. • All park entrance fees.
Complimentary Services:
•Complimentary: - Mineral Water in the safari minivans during the safari, (2 bottles per person per day during the safari in the Kenyan section only). • Flying Doctors Service for emergency evacuation cover. This cover takes care of emergency evacuation to the best Hospitals in Nairobi. However this does not cover the hospital bills but only the evacuation.
Please note:
• Non A/C Vehicles are used for transfers in Nairobi and on Safari in Kenya & Kenya. • Luggage limit of one soft bag per person during travel in Kenya & Tanzania. Hard cases should be avoided as they can not fit in safari vehicles.
